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of the creative studio doeanddoe, Walsman was captured performing three emotional spaces,
which rise and fall before reaching a crescendo. The video was layered with footage of water
which, when projected onto the glass, tricks the viewer into looking for a pool of liquid at its base.
The work is ephemeral and visceral at the same time.

‘Sublimate’ represents new directions that Baker is undertaking in her practice with 3D
installations and video. She muses on her plans for the future ‘looking into how pate de verre
or cast glass or kiln formed glass might interrelate with a projected moving image is a very
underexplored area and I think there’s a lot to be discovered that hasn’t happened yet in terms of
the glass movement. So I’m really excited about just getting my teeth in that.’

Vanessa Low is a Sydney-based art writer, graphic designer and photographer.

Finkelstein Gallery
6 February to 19 March, 2020

Melbourne

Pulse, 2019, single-channel digital video, sound, kiln formed glass, 1.8m diameter, installation view
Video and sound produced by doeanddoe studio. Featuring performance by Leeanna Walsman
Photograph: Brendan McGeachie

Courtesy the artist and Finkelstein Gallery, Melbourne
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